Year: 2021

The central bank has finally formalised protection for deposits being made at commercial banks when it launched the Namibia Deposit Guarantee Authority (NDGA) last Thursday. 

Born in the harbour town of Lüderitz in the 1970s, the life journey of Timotheus Kalongo, locally known as Timo, is not just like any other ordinary story.

It is imperative that African countries as a continent recognise that we are faced with a similar issue, rhino poaching as a Wildlife crime.

The concept of quality remains a subject of much discussion in the TVET sector. Many stakeholders outside the public sector complain that TVET graduates do not meet the quality standards desired in the labour market. 

Windhoek-based lawyer Milton Engelbrecht has withdrawn as the legal representative of Jeremia van Wyk, who confessed under oath of abducting and sexually violating a minor in 2019. Engelbrecht claimed he was conflicted, as he knows the victim and her parents.

The murder trial of a 23-year-old man from Outjo, accused of killing his 19-year-old girlfriend in a fit of jealousy, will be presided over by Windhoek High Court judge Naomi Shivute.

Some residents of the Rehoboth Block H location are outraged after the town council removed the free water taps that were installed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Lay litigant August Maletzky, who is accused of fraud, corruption, forgery and conspiracy to commit fraud corruption and money laundering, is still without a legal representative. 

The formal bail application hearing of a man who faces multiple rape charges against minor children was postponed in the High Court on Friday.

Namibia recorded 43 malaria deaths in 2020, compared to seven that were recorded the previous year, with the Kavango East and West, Ohangwena and Zambezi regions most affected.